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I suppose dying is something we all have to do eventually, but I'm talking about a kind of dying that comes on more quickly and unnaturally than we generally anticipate. Dying of the swift-and-widespread-incineration variety. The kind of dying one might expect when two unhinged narcissists who happen to lead nuclear-armed countries get into an I'm-tougher-than-you standoff.

That's where we are at the moment, following news that North Korea — led by young man-baby Kim Jong Un — has developed a miniaturized nuclear warhead that can fit inside a missile that could theoretically reach the United States, a country presently led by...

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